This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 23:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As part of their renewed dynamics to help break the protracted presidential deadlock, the ambassadors of the five-nation group, known as the Quintet, visited a number of Lebanese officials on Wednesday, a day after consulting with MPs from several parliamentary blocs. The envoys of the US, Egypt, Qatar and France held meetings with the Leader of ...
2024-04-17 21:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A controversy pits Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's Amal Movement against the Lebanese Forces over upcoming municipal elections, which the Amal-Hezbollah duo wishes to postpone, much to the LF’s dismay. In a statement issued by their information department on Wednesday, the Lebanese Forces strongly reacted to remarks made the day before by ...
2024-04-17 21:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Army has arrested suspects in the killing of Yasser al-Koukash, a resident of the mountain village of Azzouniyeh in the Aley district, who was found dead and tied up in his apartment after it was robbed. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the army said, in a follow up on the crime investigation, that "it has arrested individuals ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-17 18:58 - Reading : less than a minute
On April 17, 2024, the Order of Malta in Lebanon launched its agro-humanitarian program, underscoring its commitment to the agricultural sector’s enhancement and serving all communities. Since 1957, the organization has been operating in Lebanon across religious divides to provide health and welfare services to people in need. In doing so, it ...
2024-04-17 15:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Following Wednesday’s Chamber’s Office meeting, a parliamentary session has been set for next Thursday, April 25, to discuss the postponement of Municipality elections, which were set to begin on May 12 in Mount Lebanon and May 19 in North Lebanon and Akkar.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 13:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A ship transporting Syrian families crossed Lebanese territorial waters on Wednesday, landing near the port of Mina, in Tripoli. Passengers jumped into the water and swam ashore. According to some sources, the boat, which was bound for Cyprus, was denied entry by Cypriot authorities and redirected to Lebanon. The continuous influx of Syrian ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-04-17 13:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The National Moderation parliamentary bloc initiative is hanging by a thread. The MPs are set to meet with the ambassadors of the Quintet committee this afternoon at their headquarters in Saifi to try to find common grounds for a potential breach in the deadlock in the presidential election. "It's our last opportunity, and regardless of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 12:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Walid Baarini, a member of the National Moderation parliamentary bloc, lamented his party’s setback on Wednesday. In a radio interview, he disclosed that their bloc was “on the brink of declaring the failure of their initiative” aimed at resolving the presidential deadlock. In the weeks leading up to Ramadan, the bloc embarked on a tour of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 11:46 - Reading : less than a minute
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Wednesday the arrest of three suspects involved in the murder of Yasser al-Koukash in Azzouniyeh, Aley district. The suspects are reportedly Syrian nationals. To recall, Koukash was killed on Tuesday after three assailants “tied him up and robbed his apartment.” This is not an isolated ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 11:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions rose again on Wednesday on the southern borders, following a night marked by violent exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. In the afternoon, the Israeli army announced that six soldiers had been wounded in a bombardment from southern Lebanon on a building in Arab el-Aramcheh. One of the wounded is in critical ...
Mohammad Zahwe 2024-04-17 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The case of the money changer Mohammad Srour and the data revealed about an elaborate Israeli intelligence operation to lure him, kidnap him, extract information from him and then liquidate him in the Beit Mery area is proof that the country is exposed security-wise. The data indicates that Israeli Mossad agents carry out precise operations ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Their photo, relayed on social networks, provoked numerous comments. However, the former MP and the Free Patriotic Movement leader did not walk together. According to people close to Fares Souhaid, the meeting was by chance. As he did every Sunday, he was walking in the wilderness with local people when a car drove by. A little later, he was ...